LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Hyman WOOLF
Service No: 4063
Born: Meckering WA, 2 April 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 February 1939 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: Melbourne Telecommunications Unit VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Melbourne, 4 April 1946, Aged 37 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Anna Woolf; husband of Beryl Edna Woolf, of West Brunswick
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 4 April 1946, Sergeant Woolf, a Driver Motor Transport, was killed when struck by a driverless car at the intersection of Flinders and Market Streets, Melbourne. The car was left on a hill in Market Street and had rolled.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/44/377
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line